Usually means: Hair accessory for securing styles.
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  1. bobby pin: Merriam-Webster
  2. bobby pin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bobby pin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bobby pin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bobby pin: Vocabulary.com
  6. bobby pin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. bobby pin: Wiktionary
  8. bobby pin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bobby pin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bobby pin: Dictionary.com
  11. Bobby pin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. bobby pin: Rhymezone
  13. bobby pin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. bobby pin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Bobby Pin: The Word Detective
  16. Bobby-pin, bobby pin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. bobby pin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bobby pin: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bobby pin)

▸ noun:  (US) A type of double-pronged hairpin.

Similar:
bobbypin, hairpin, hair pin, hairgrip, hatpin, bodkin, push-pin, split pin, pushpin, push pin, more...

Opposite:
hair clip, hair barrette, hair clasp

Adjectives:
crimp, batten, eyeletted, lash, mousing, tag, naily, hasped, bracing, roundhead, swift

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Similar:
bobbypin, hairpin, hair pin, hairgrip, hatpin, bodkin, push-pin, split pin, pushpin, push pin, more...

Opposite:
hair clip, hair barrette, hair clasp

Adjectives:
crimp, batten, eyeletted, lash, mousing, tag, naily, hasped, bracing, roundhead, swift



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